Prohibited Practices

The penalties for engaging in prohibited practices in relation to the NMAT by GMAC™ exam are severe.

WARNING: Proxy test taking (having a third party take an exam on your behalf), harvesting test questions, the use of harvested test questions, and/or the use of any other electronic, photographic, listening, recording, or similarly situated devices or potential aids of any kind, including, but not limited to, smart glasses or any other similar wearable smart devices, artificial intelligence-enabled devices, or any other artificial intelligence-assisted technology or software of any kind are strictly prohibited. It's only a matter of time before we identify such wrongdoing. Individuals and organizations associated with cheating services are cybercriminals not acting in your best interest. They oftentimes engage in scams, fraud, extortion, and other wrongdoing. Such misconduct is strictly forbidden and will result in severe penalties and consequences, including, but not limited to, potential criminal and civil prosecution, score cancellation, bans from testing, notice to schools, expulsion from your program, and more. GMGC reserves the right to contact schools and take other appropriate actions with respect to test takers who violate these Terms.

The sanctity and integrity of the Test is of utmost importance and criticality for GMGC, and test takers are hereby informed that the commission of any act or omission by a test taker which would, in GMGC's sole discretion, adversely affect, compromise, or jeopardize the same will be treated as "Prohibited Behavior(s)." In particular and without prejudice to the generality of the above, it may be noted that the commission of any of the following practices by a test taker would also be included within the said description of a Prohibited Behavior. Please note that this is not an exhaustive list and there may be other actions that are considered Prohibited Behaviors.

• Taking the Test on behalf of someone else or having someone take the Test on the test taker's behalf or otherwise receiving assistance of any kind on the Test, including, but not limited to, through the use of proxy test takers and/or software
• Having a Prohibited Item or accessing unauthorized materials or devices, including but not limited to accessing notes, books, or other study or reading materials or any other electronic, photographic, listening, recording, or similarly situated devices or potential aids of any kind, including, but not limited to, smart glasses or any other similar wearable smart devices (e.g., Meta glasses) or any other artificial intelligence enabled devices or artificial intelligence-assisted technology.
• Creating, contributing, receiving, disclosing, discussing, accessing, sharing, disseminating, publishing, and/or otherwise using (in whatsoever form or capacity), whether directly or indirectly, GMGC's copyrighted and confidential material and/or its Knowledge Bank, including the previous and current years' questions or being a participant/member (active or passive) of, or being otherwise associated with, any platform or group, including, but not limited to, Google Docs, Telegram, Signal, WhatsApp, Twitter, Facebook, LinkedIn, via text message, "chat room" message board, or other forum, or via live sessions engaged in such activities.
• Participating or becoming a member of any group found to be indulging in such objectionable practices, whether over a physical medium or over an internet/telecommunications medium
• Using any unauthorized software, including, but not limited to, VPN, remote desktop applications, virtual machines, or any other artificial intelligence software of any kind
• Memorizing test questions to brain dump and share questions and answers with others
• Communicating with anyone about the content of the Test at any time or the disclosure thereof in any form by any means (verbally, in writing, electronically, or otherwise) to any other person or entity before, during, or after the administration of the Test; this includes sharing test questions and/or answers with others
• Removing or attempting to remove Test content
• Interfering or disturbing other test takers from taking the Test, the invigilator, or other employees from operating the test centre, or the proctor from proctoring the Test in a quiet, safe, and efficient manner
• Mouthing questions or reading questions out loud
• Creating multiple registrations/accounts or appearing for Test(s) under multiple registration accounts
• Failure to follow the test administrator's instructions
• Disrespectful or disruptive behavior, including, but not limited to, inappropriate, threatening, or profane behavior towards the test administrator; the test administrator has sole discretion in determining what constitutes disrespectful or disruptive behavior
• Non-compliance with or breach of any applicable policy, term, or condition
• Violating retake policies
• Falsifying an identity, disability certificate, identification, score, or score report or providing false information to the test administrator
• Providing fraudulent payment or payment cancellation
• Usage of short cut keys during the Test
• An issue that compromises the integrity of the testing environment

Consequences and Penalties

GMGC and its test delivery vendors reserve the right to investigate potential violations and to take all action it deems appropriate if a test taker fails to comply with these Terms. The penalties for engaging in Prohibited Behaviors are severe. GMGC will determine the consequence at its sole discretion based on the circumstances, with the level of severity varying depending on the conduct at fault. If at any stage, a test taker(s) is found to have indulged in any Prohibited Behaviors (as defined hereinabove), including any malpractice, unethical behavior, or violation or breach of the terms herein, GMGC reserves the right to initiate appropriate actions and sanctions against such test taker(s), which may include, but are not limited to, one or more of the following:

• cancellation of registration, denial of entry to, or immediate dismissal from the test;
• forfeiture of test fees;
• cancellation/revocation of Test scores (including interim suspension and/or withholding of the scores of the test taker);
• notification to schools/universities accepting the test taker's Test score and law enforcement or other appropriate third parties;
• disqualification/ban from taking any future tests across all GMAC products;
• without prejudice to any other rights and remedies provided for under these Terms, GMGC may, if deemed necessary, be additionally entitled to initiate any other civil or criminal proceeding(s)/action(s) against such test taker(s) as available under applicable law, including, but not limited to, actions and prosecutions under the Copyright Act or other applicable laws for injunction, damages, and other remedies.

Please also note:

GMGC and its test delivery vendors may use artificial intelligence ("AI"), machine learning, and other automated tools to support test security, identity verification, fraud prevention, proctoring, monitoring, investigations, score validation, and protection of the integrity of the Test. Such tools may identify or flag information for further review, though decisions regarding score validity, score cancellation outcomes, or other actions under these Terms will not be based on automated processing. Such information and outputs by such tools may be reviewed and considered in connection with test security matters and actions taken.

The test administrator is authorized to dismiss you from a test session for various reasons, including, without limitation: providing false information, attempting to take the test for someone else, failing to provide acceptable identification, possessing or accessing unauthorized personal items or testing aids, refusing to comply with the test administrator's reasonable requests, giving or receiving unauthorized help, attempting to tamper with the operation of the secure browser, accessing computer functions other than those designed for the exam, refusing to follow directions, being disrespectful to the test administrator, or failing to adhere to any other procedures, policies, or rules.